[antiframe]

> I prefer to use non-encrypted drives so I have the option of popping out the disk and reading it from another system with ease, which also means that I can recover files from drives of otherwise dead systems just as easily.

Everyone has different security needs. But (maybe it's different on Windows), what's hard about popping the disk to another machine and then decrypting it with the key? Does Windows not give you access to the key?

[okanat]

Windows does give access to the key. The issue with Microsoft account and especially Windows Home onboarding is that it doesn't tell you that it encrypted the drive and there is a backup key (which it uploads to Microsoft account, often readable by authorities with a court order).

Many normie users not only get locked out of their laptops but they also forget their Microsoft account password causing complete loss of data.

[antiframe]

Not your key, not your crypto. => Not your key, not your data.

Why would anyone want to encrypt their data and then hand their private key to anyone is mind boggling.

[daemin]

Same sort of reason that way more people use Microsoft Teams than Slack, because it's already there in something that you've paid for.

Personally I would not encrypt a whole disk, only the files I actually care about protecting.

[okanat]

Well they are not told. Our culture and Steve Jobs cult were magic-ifying computers as way to sell trivialized, unethical and anti-intellectual software (compared to earlier home computers). Software nowadays aim to give barebones information, doesn't encourage for making educated decisions while extracting as much as possible from users.

Microsoft was once made "intermediate" or "power user" possible. I know many tech literate GenXs and millenials who were able to learn to do relatively complicated things with computers, even when they could outsource the job to others. Now Microsoft is in the same bandwagon to shove crappy undone and idiotic software riddled with ads. It generates better revenue than designing better interfaces that educate the users while not looking down upon them.